An Inn in Tokyo

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An Inn in Tokyo
Japanese name
Kanji東京の宿
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnTōkyō no yado
Directed by
Choko Iida, Kazuko Ojima
CinematographyHideo Mohara
Edited byHideo Mohara
Music byKeizô Horiuchi
Production
company
Release date
  • November 21, 1935 (1935-11-21) (Japan)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguagesSilent film
Japanese intertitles

An Inn in Tokyo (東京の宿, Tōkyō no yado) is a 1935 silent film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. The film is Ozu's last extant silent film.

The screenplay is credited to Uinzato Mone or Winthat Monnet ("Without Money"). In fact, the screenplay was written by Ozu, Masao Arata and Tadao Ikeda during a period when Ozu was short on cash.

Plot

Kihachi (

Choko Iida
), who finds Kihachi a job and allows the family to rent a room at the cafe.

Kihachi meets the impoverished Otaka (Yoshiko Okada) and her young daughter, Kimiko (Kazuko Ojima). Otaka is also unable to find work. Kihachi brings Otaka and Kimiko to Otsune's cafe for a meal.

Later, Kihachi discovers that Otaka has found work as a sake-house waitress. She explains that her daughter has fallen ill and she cannot afford to pay the hospital bills. Kihachi, unable to borrow money from Otsune to pay the bills, resorts to theft and has his sons take the proceeds to Otaka.

Kihachi confides in Otsune, who scolds him for keeping his worries to himself. He leaves the boys in Otsune's care and sets off for the police station to turn himself in.[1]

Cast

References

  1. ISBN 0-85170-158-2
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